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Muğla offers an intimate atmosphere where you will hear the antique whispers in the wonderful destinations of seasand- sun tourism. The province of Muğla accommodates the popular holiday cities of Bodrum, Marmaris, Datça, Köyceğiz and Fethiye. Beautiful r...

Anatolia is home to some of the most ancient artistic traditions of anywhere in the world. Many of these arts date back well before anything we'd recognize as modern civilization, and indeed some may be as old as written history itself. Anatolian motifs h...

Getting the right gift can be difficult after you’ve visited Turkey. You visited for the beaches, or for the history, or for the food or for the hospitality. But now you’ve got to get presents for all your loved ones back home! And, if you’re anything lik...

History runs deep throughout the entirety of Turkey, but you’ll find each of the places described below in the Black Sea region, a strip of territory running across the north of the country from the outskirts of Istanbul all the way to the Georgian border...

EDITOR'S NOTE: In the fall of 2015, Matador sent a team from The Buried Life to explore Istanbul and Turkey’s Black Sea region. What they found was a part of the world that Western travelers don’t often think about…and why that’s such a shame. Here are so...

Straddling the Bosphorus Strait between Europe and Asia, Istanbul is etched with thousands of years of history, bearing the marks of the Ancient Greeks, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Turks, and Silk Road traders who’ve lived here over the centuries. When ...

Every landscape of Turkey forms the backdrop and context for people and events, with perhaps the most thrilling aspect of travelling the ability to become an active participant in this landscape. As in all human interactions the basis is one of equality i...

In the province of Balıkesir interesting historical sites seem to harmoniously blend with nature. The mid-14th century Yıldırım Mosque, built by Beyazıt I, is the city's oldest mosque while the Zağnos Paşa Mosque, built by and named after the Grand Vizier...

4000-year-old trading centre whose significance spanned powerful empires. In the east of Cappadocia lies Kayseri, the city known as Caesarea in Roman times. As with many human settlements in Anatolia, Kayseri has a long history and a rich cultural heritag...